Public spending on prescriptions rises to $20.1-billion in 2024 as use of Ozempic grows
Public spending on prescription medications in Canada grew by more than 9 per cent in 2024, with one…
Janet Bannister bucks tough venture-capital trend, raising $50-million for early-stage fund
Open this photo in gallery: Janet Bannister, managing partner at Staircase Ventures, in her Toronto home.Fred Lum/the Globe…
Is the $1.7-million retirement savings target a ‘meaningless’ number?
Open this photo in gallery: Visual Generation/iStockPhoto / Getty Images A recent survey from BMO found that Canadians…
Ultraprocessed foods may play a role in children’s behavioural development, Canadian study suggests
Open this photo in gallery: Dr. Kozeta Miliku, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, in June,…
GLP-1 drugs are reshaping people’s eating and spending habits, survey suggests
Open this photo in gallery: Weight loss is the No. 1 reason people are taking or considering taking…
Are further BoC rate cuts on the horizon? Here’s what markets and economists think after today’s weak GDP reading
Money markets are pricing in modest – but not insignificant – odds of renewed Bank of Canada interest…
OMERS pension fund reports 6% gain as weak U.S. dollar dents investment returns
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) gained 6 per cent on its investments in 2025, lagging its benchmark…
Alberta health authority destroys remaining pediatric drugs imported during 2022 shortage
Open this photo in gallery: The Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary in March, 2025. Premier Danielle Smith championed…
Australian funds battle Canadian pension plans for Saskatchewan’s Information Services Corp.
Open this photo in gallery: Melbourne-based infrastructure fund Plenary Group is working with the Caisse de dépôt et…
Canada’s too-strict drug price controls are a health hazard
Open this photo in gallery: A pharmacist counts prescription drugs in Ottawa in June, 2019. It has been…
$20-million of medication lost at emergency stockpile due to open freezer door, officials say
Open this photo in gallery: The Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa in January, 2014. Public Health officials were…
With savings and family loan, self-employed husband and nurse wife secure 43% down payment
Open this photo in gallery: RB-GI-MYFIRSTHOME-TORONTO-0209 MY FIRST HOMEIllustration by Diana Bolton Toronto couple Darius and Sophia knew…